Telegram-herald., 1887-03-01
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establishments whieh isAas hat a sosapssa
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server A nosa' ft cs.s IL p~.at IS farnishei
in ne o'd aas seil-kuoWn establishment %
the Gfaaa nAp-as arssn aoa eses Compasy,
p Csnsi-s.. ~. " 2 lsnerssux. pro-
pSisios. Wholesale dealer in ~ool. gr4ia
beans sni seeds it IS well known. ~
course. that this Is one ol Tie leading cone
meFeiAi enterprises ia Grsrd Rapids
bu' So a. uat generally knoNn that
Il Is fhe .e48ing honse ~ the kind in che
State. AID comparatively les. NOS except
| lng tlse tn0rt Nell informed or al msaers
concerning oar commercial greatness hsYe
ils tslutest conception af Aae eXtent add
.gritu3s II She business carried on
si.h.n the walls vi ttis establishment The
magnitude uf the m0re prora-
iBear features 81 the business proved snch
8 wonderful revelation g. an arsus eyed Re-
porter OF tie TELEaRAa-hERsfo who called
upon them recently 20 make inquiry con-
cerains Tie outlook for Spring trade. that ii
Is taken for grsatea that brief summary
Of iew tacts and figures Of the concerns
business VII prove Interesting rcsdiBg 10
AL who care fOf Information of tie city's
rapid strides towards Commercial suprem-
/ acy.
The principal feature Of the cornpsny's
| business during the Winter months Is the
bean trade, and When il + known that m
wards oi 5000 bushels are received,
carefully cleaned by machinery, escorted bv
hand, pzcAed in baTgetz ana shipped from
this establishment N The course of rom
| foar % ave months az - readily xpparent
I thatthis branch of the business sione is
something enermeus. II any one ~ posses
/ sed OF the IDA that there Is no labor or
! expense connected with the handling Of sslch
a common article OF cOnYaeros as the ore n
/ ary bean, visit 20 this house Would soon
eonvincs them It's, there is az mneh care
and labor exercised in prepsIns, the I0wly
bean fOr market a. l. expended IN preparing
| the choicest dclc aciss ff1at tickle the
epieurcsn palate The Grand Rapids Grain
and SEED Co. are the largest buyers
OF Michigan leans in the country,
l and they receive them from
| tne farmers IN every conceivable con
ditSon, bat when they leave the company g
| hsnds they have undergone such careful
treatmeot that they are all ready for cook
Ping. The beans are hrSs cleaned bv ma
| chsaeEy and are then assorted By hand.
| which part oi the work IS performed by
| girls, ns hess thSn 81 girls being employed
| az the work IN this house. While The work
| Is OF she bgsssest description, tbe beans be
| ihg distributed by a gysfesa az couveyuoss to
| tine OPERATIVES, who E-e sesten on beth sides
of long txbtf running th rough the center
! OF the nsoni. II requires considerable expe-
rlence. squick eye and dsStT0us hand. To
All outward Appearances the S4 girls en-
| ployed here are as con tent and cheerful
with then posst IN life IS the most fortu-
nate giE9s IN chnstsnd0m, and certain il is
the company spare no expense 30 make
| tben "a comfortable rs the Sincersst
I friend OF labor could desire NotWiih-
| standing the magnitude ct q business rep
resented by the handing of o7er 5000
bushels of beans for mSrket in the short
I space Of f5uT months IA every year, II is
a trife compared with the wool trade of the
| bouse, which Is transacted in 2 much
shorter period The Grand Rapids Grain
aud Seed Co. IS by long odds the most er-
| tensiye wool shipping concern n Michi-
! gan, and one Of tlgs l2rgest III the country.
their trade averaging not less than one mil
lion pounds each season, ana frequently
! amounts 10 over eleven hundred thousand
pounds. Unlike their bean trade, however.
| very little Of the wool handled comes 10
| Grand Rapids, bot is bought up through an
| extensive system of agencies and ship
ped East from as many diff
! ferent points as there are
agencies. IN seme sections Of the State
| Charlotte for instance. and many other
| equsily important wool growing districts.
this company handles every pound Of wOal
grown Tor which they invsri5ie ray the
highest cash price. Other important
features of the Compsnys business inclu3es
the handling Of clover and timothy seeds
and over 80 diGent varieties Of other farm
aud garden seeds A recspitulaticn ia
round Numbers Of the annual business
of the company ~ The several lezdfne
branches o. their trade show a starting
ar7av Of figures as e inSudcs over one
million pounds OF wool, upwaras Of fay
taousani blsasls of beans ten thousand
ard a million and moFe packages OF oihel
farm and rar3en seeds. Everything
sod IL bulg. beans pin
ciBslly in carload lots the balh
oftheir being shipped throughout the South
| and Southwest. Tas wcoi Is all shipped r
Boston. the clover and timothy seed 10 Va
rious markets. whie the other farm snt
| garden seeds are principally sold through
oiit ON own siate, The oompany give ess
/
/ headquarters a. Il Csnsi-st. vhich is
coi1mo3iol1s. f1u- story building. 1iork
feet in dimensions. and in add ton te tht
large force ~ employees. they PROBABLY have
that many srenss FcsiferHa fhr7ughoffi ~
sac ft viii ~ noted hat TIE com PAM
dssi almost exclusively in the production
81 Michigan farmers 81 q
whom have rnh0auasd conffenn
ia the integrity auf lnancial srtrz.h o
this oli established Grand Bapi3s sn ~
prise persousiy. Mr. ~ = lauornagr
fhe hesa ~ The srsna Rapids Grsin an'
Sod Co. IL TO TeA and farcrsaiy knowI
to require aeT un1spsper prsise 10
ga ivirr - safe sa 0ssuEl1siea that fh
c8mpanv report thst their bnsRess Ts
never better than 81 rFeee8t. TIE Desr trAsi
to asfe ieinz consiierah.v ahead ~ ths cor
responding psnod 'gT any previous yesf
fhe shipuest up - Iaz Sat1r,lsv faeErsSzt
inr = total of fnTfwe csz las5s xversgsn
one hundred hsrre}s ~ a.. rhiie fte suf
lock s1r = heavier SJ.uusg .ra6e fhsn -
house hss ever before Enovn was mere
/ n afe enl0rre ess1F